News 4-15-19

Reminders: Dads- we still need some more supplies for Muffins for Moms that is coming up! I have a volunteer bringing napkins, but we still need plates, water, and juice! ( I am making the muffins) Please let me know if you can bring any of these items in!

Spelling test will be on Thursday this week since we do not have school on Friday.

I sent out a note on class dojo, but I am looking for volunteers tomorrow at 10:15 for a writing activity. If you can make it, please let me know! We need all the help we can get!

** Please make sure your child is completing their nightly literacy homework and returning it colored and signed on Mondays. It is a very important step in order to prepare them for first grade.

Language Arts: We will be working on author’s purpose, initial/ending sounds, and blends this week. We will be learning that author’s write to Entertain or to Inform us. Ask your child this week after they read a story if they know why the author wrote it (to entertain or to inform). In writing, we are starting our informational research writing! I will need some parent volunteers to come in a couple of days to assist in the researching process. Please reach out to me if you are interested/available. Please keep practicing sight words and personal words at home!  

Math/Science/Social Studies: We will be doing lessons 31-34 this week in math. We are still decomposing with number bonds. Please continue to do the nightly homework that follows each lesson. You can access the Eureka math website or use the parent tip sheet to help if needed.
In science, we are starting a new unit. We will be learning about living/non-living things. This week we will learn about desert animals and what they need to survive. In social studies, we will be moving into our last unit. This unit is all about public issues. We will be learning about voting and the constitution this week!

Letters/Digraphs Of The Week: blends (s) sm, sk

In Review: Ss, Mm, Rr, Bb, Tt, Nn, Aa, Dd, Oo, Ii, Cc, Gg, Hh, Ff, Pp, Ee, Vv, Zz, Uu, Ll, Ww, Jj, Yy, Zz, Kk, Qq

Long Vowels A, O, I, E, U, Digraphs ch, sh, th, wh, qu

Words of The Week: so, do

Words in Review: the, I, can, see, like, to, look, at, come, and, a, we, go, in, my, he, is, has, are, for, here, you, this, little, did, not,she, said, get, it, big, an, me, went, with, am, have, put, on, make, by, they,us, no, want, your, got, one, down, play, as, two

Spelling Words -ad mad, had, bad

Math: Module 4, lessons 31-34

Spelling: Practice pattern words and personal words in Spelling notebook. Tests will be every Friday.

Continue practicing reading, sight words, and spelling words daily. Use at least 1 night a week for writing practice with your child. They can write about what they did in school, family time, friends, practices, ect. Goals include capital letters at the start of the sentence only, punctuation at the end, spaces, and details in the writing. We should be at about 2-3 sentences on 1 topic.

Leader In Me
We are starting Habit 5: Seek First to Understand, then to be Understood. I am also sending our Leader in Me bag home this week with one student. The bag will be sent home on Monday and needs to be returned on Friday each week. The rules/games/activities inside the bag are also posted below on the blog.